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Offline Charlemagne

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Francis and the Stripper-Owned Parrot
« on: January 31, 2014, 01:46:53 PM »
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    • If you feel like fighting the good fight, feel free to comment and correct some of the posters here: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/pope-francis-gladly-blesses-parrot-belonging-male-stripper-030154181--abc-news-topstories.html?bcmt=comments-postbox

    You'll get plenty of the standard "Who am I to judge?" comments.

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    Pope Francis Gladly Blesses Parrot Belonging to Male Stripper

    Pope Francis has dined with homeless people, made the cover of Time and Rolling Stone and now has blessed a parrot belonging to a male stripper.

    The parrot, named Amore, was initially passed up by Pope Francis as he rode around in the popemobile during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Wednesday. Eventually, Francis went back to bless the bird and hold it on his finger.

    The bird's owner was identified as Francesco Lombardi, and according to ANSA, he's a former male stripper turned erotic film actor.

    "It was fun," Lombardi told ANSA after meeting the pope. "A sort of mixing of the holy and the profane."

    Lombardi said Amore parroted back "Papa," which the crowd was chanting at Pope Francis.

    Lombardi, who has also been the head of the town council of Trezzano, near Milan, told ANSA that he attended the pope's general audience with his wife and two daughters.

    Pope Francis' bird blessing comes days after two white doves released by children standing next to him were attacked by a crow and seagull in St. Peter's Square as tens of thousands of people watched.

    With a few feathers lost, the doves managed to break free and fly away, though it's unclear what happened to them.

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    « Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 01:56:14 PM »
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    • Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this whole pet blessing nonsense something that came out of the mold of Vatican II?

    A perfectly Catholic and valid exception that I could see would be a working farmer asking the parish priest to bless his beasts of burden (i.e., cows or other plow animals), especially since these animals greatly assisted in providing the means of feeding the family.  

    But pet blessing?  

    Am I wrong?  Has it been a part of Catholic history?  
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    « Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 02:10:36 PM »
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    • What's wrong with blessing practically anything at all? Including pets?
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    « Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 03:50:00 PM »
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    • Who was the pretty boy then?
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    « Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 05:04:05 PM »
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    Who was the pretty boy then?


     :roll-laugh1:
    Oh, you.....
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    « Reply #5 on: January 31, 2014, 05:28:04 PM »
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    Who was the pretty boy then?


    :jester:
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    « Reply #6 on: January 31, 2014, 05:42:36 PM »
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    • No, it was a matter of the profane meeting the profane, & not the holy meeting the profane as the former male stripper said.
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    « Reply #7 on: January 31, 2014, 05:45:20 PM »
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    • Quote from: Capt McQuigg
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this whole pet blessing nonsense something that came out of the mold of Vatican II?

    A perfectly Catholic and valid exception that I could see would be a working farmer asking the parish priest to bless his beasts of burden (i.e., cows or other plow animals), especially since these animals greatly assisted in providing the means of feeding the family.  

    But pet blessing?  

    Am I wrong?  Has it been a part of Catholic history?  


    It does sound like silly non - sense. I wouldn't be surprised if this practice was another fruit from Vatican II.
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    « Reply #8 on: January 31, 2014, 06:21:50 PM »
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    • Benedict had some male strippers or acrobats come and perform for him and about 30 clerics in Rome a few years ago.  I remember seeing the video.  Particularly the lady who carried their coats.

    There is some kind of a trend here.

    The parrot is new.
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    « Reply #9 on: January 31, 2014, 06:29:56 PM »
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    • Quote from: Cantarella
    . I wouldn't be surprised if this practice was another fruit from Vatican II.


    One thing you can say about Vatican II, it certainly delivered a lot of fruits.  

    Perhaps the plan is to teach the parrot to say the new mass.  At least it would be consistent with the liturgy and not change the words as it felt like.
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    « Reply #10 on: January 31, 2014, 09:08:54 PM »
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    • Quote from: shin
    What's wrong with blessing practically anything at all? Including pets?


    Indeed.
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    « Reply #11 on: January 31, 2014, 09:10:27 PM »
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    Who was the pretty boy then?


     :laugh1:

    I am really glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.
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    Francis and the Stripper-Owned Parrot
    « Reply #12 on: January 31, 2014, 09:49:54 PM »
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    • From the yahoo article,

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    The bird's owner was identified as Francesco Lombardi, and according to ANSA, he's a former male stripper turned erotic film actor.

    "It was fun," Lombardi told ANSA after meeting the pope. "A sort of mixing of the holy and the profane."
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    « Reply #13 on: January 31, 2014, 10:33:43 PM »
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    • Yes, Vatican 2 produced lot's of unwanted fruits.
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